Violent crypto kidnapping cases prompt French interior minister to call emergency meeting

French media reported that the victims were the daughter and grandson of the CEO of French cryptocurrency platform Paymium.
Retailleau said this was the third case of an attempted or successful kidnapping involving the relatives of crypto bosses this year, and that all of them are likely linked. Ledger cofounder David Balland was abducted in January and the father of another crypto entrepreneur was kidnapped earlier this month.
The kidnappers in both of those cases reportedly cut a finger off of their victims to obtain a ransom before releasing them a few days later. Retailleau said the assailants in the early May case also threatened to pierce their victim's knee with a drill.